Therapist Blog

Eating Well & Yoga

Eating Well is more that just eating your fruits and veggies. Its about eating to fuel and honor your body. Appreciating your body for what it does for you, and how it works for you in harmony when its respected. A practice that helps encourage this is yoga, which teaches awareness of the body’s functions and feelings. This practices is especially impactful when you've been disconnected from the body and mind connection.

Yoga can be an effective method of emotion regulation and distress tolerance (two pillars of DBT). Practicing yoga, mindfulness, and therapeutic services can help you by

  • Increased attentiveness to one’s body functions and feelings

  • Improved mood and decreased irritability

  • Improved body image and self-confidence

  • Greater sense of well-being

  • Increased feelings of relaxation

  • Improved ability to focus

  • Improved sleep patterns

  • Diminished impulsivity and irrational thoughts/behaviors

  • Increased optimistic outlook on life and positive mind-state

  • Improve ones relationship with self

I offer yoga classes, both individually and as a group. Contact me for details